Dr. Watt
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- Oct 19, 1891Olympia’s New ‘Keeley Cure’ Promised to Break Drink and Opium Habits in Three WeeksDr. Watt opens a Keeley Institute in the Union block, touting a round-the-clock regimen of medicine, hypodermic injections and baths — and applications are already arriving from across Puget Sound.Olympia, WA
- Dec 16, 1891A Chimney Sweep’s Fatal Fall—and the Hidden Injury That Killed HimJoseph Bauer fell from Judge Henry’s roof while sweeping a chimney. He seemed merely bruised—until a ruptured liver killed him days later, prompting a rare post-mortem watched by Olympia’s doctors.Olympia, WA
- Mar 1, 1892A Sawmill Owner's Terrible Day: The Buzz Saw That Took a Leg and Nearly TwoJames P. Allison was cutting logs at Clear Lake when a cant hook threw him into the teeth of an immense saw. Doctors were summoned from Olympia, Centralia and Bucoda, but the injured man waited hours for relief.Clear Lake, WA
- Mar 30, 1892The Jail Was Out of LevelFred Neuffer was due in court for embezzlement. Instead, Olympia’s county jail became the scene of a strange one-man investigation into whether the floor itself was crooked.Olympia, WA